Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Churchill closed by speaking of his personal experiences in the politics of New Hampshire, a state ruled by a large corporation. The bosses of New Hampshire were the division superintendents of the Boston and Maine Railroad, who all flocked to Concord at election time. This feudal system grew, with the result that the corporation sent Senators and Representatives to Congress, who in return, appointed their office-holders in such a way that every section had a feudal chief. When a question arose, passes and tickets were sent to these chiefs, who came to Concord to smother the straightforward, true politician...
...annual boat races with Yale on the Thames, subject to the approval of the respective managements: the races will be rowed on Thursday, June 25. The University four-oar race will be started at 10 A. M. at the Navy Yard and rowed down stream to the Railroad Bridge. The Freshman eight-oar race will be started as soon as practicable after the finish of the four-oar, and rowed down stream, from the Navy Yard to the Railroad Bridge. The University race will be started at 5.30 o'clock, and will be rowed up stream to the beginning...
...Boat Club saved $500 on repairs to the "John Harvard", but the amount spent for shells and oars shows a substantial increase, due to the fact that the University crew needed two eight-oared shells. The increase in receipts under this account is explained by the fact that the railroad companies allowed the Association ten cents more on each seat sold than every before. Collections from the student body were very much less than...
Volume three of the series is "The Stannaries: A Study of the English Tin Miner," by S. R. Lewis '02. This thesis won the Wells prize last year. The fourth volume which will also appear soon is "Railroad Reorganization" by S. Daggett...
...seaside resort seems forced and mechanical. Mr. Schenck's "Psychical Research" is rather well told, but the conclusion is obxions almost from the start. "The Conciliator," by H. Edgell, a fish story in New England dialect, and "McVane's Retirement." by R. E. Andrews, the story of a railroad wreck, are decidedly conventional both in style and plot. Mr. Wheclock's poem. "A Work of Art," is a dignified bit of verse, characterized, like all his work, by serious purpose and marked excellence of form...